Wednesday, 28 March 2012

There's sweet reason and occult irrationality in this month's installment of the New Humanist podcast, as we bring you interviews with
three of the contributors to our March/April issue.

First, the
reason - one year on from the earthquake and tsunami that devastated the
east coast of Japan, science journalist Angela Saini discusses the
fallout from the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
While the meltdowns that followed the tsunami have provided anti-nuclear
activists with fresh ammunition for their campaigns, and prompted
several countries to rethink their approach to nuclear power, Saini
argues that the disaster has in fact proven that nuclear power is one of
the safer energy sources, and points out that the lessons learned from
Fukushima will make it even safer in the future. Skip to 01:25 for start
of this interview.

In part two, Matthew Adams tells us about his
interview with the broadcaster Jonathan Meades for our current issue.
Meades is a hard man to pin down, but Adams managed to run him to ground
in his modernist bolt hole in Marseille. He tells the story from 08:38.

And
finally, the irrationalism - in the March issue, cultural historian
argues that "atheists can embrace the power of Tarot". Now, she's not
arguing for soothsaying, but rather that myths can resonate and taking
part in a Tarot reading can provide a therapeutic opportunity to examine
our lives. So, to test her argument, we thought we'd invite her to the
office to read our editor Caspar Melville's cards. You can hear us
dabble in the occult from 20:05.

To listen to the podcast, which is just under 38 minutes long, use the player below, subscribe via RSS or email, or download the full file via our podcast page,
where you can also find the full archive of the podcasts we published
during 2008-9. We're also on iTunes - just search for "New Humanist" in
the store and select the podcast subtitled "The podcast for godless
people".

There's sweet reason and occult irrationality in this month's installment of the New Humanist podcast, as we bring you interviews with
three of the contributors to our March/April issue.

First, the
reason - one year on from the earthquake and tsunami that devastated the
east coast of Japan, science journalist Angela Saini discusses the
fallout from the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
While the meltdowns that followed the tsunami have provided anti-nuclear
activists with fresh ammunition for their campaigns, and prompted
several countries to rethink their approach to nuclear power, Saini
argues that the disaster has in fact proven that nuclear power is one of
the safer energy sources, and points out that the lessons learned from
Fukushima will make it even safer in the future. Skip to 01:25 for start
of this interview.

In part two, Matthew Adams tells us about his
interview with the broadcaster Jonathan Meades for our current issue.
Meades is a hard man to pin down, but Adams managed to run him to ground
in his modernist bolt hole in Marseille. He tells the story from 08:38.

And
finally, the irrationalism - in the March issue, cultural historian
argues that "atheists can embrace the power of Tarot". Now, she's not
arguing for soothsaying, but rather that myths can resonate and taking
part in a Tarot reading can provide a therapeutic opportunity to examine
our lives. So, to test her argument, we thought we'd invite her to the
office to read our editor Caspar Melville's cards. You can hear us
dabble in the occult from 20:05.

To listen to the podcast, which is just under 38 minutes long, use the player below, subscribe via RSS or email, or download the full file via our podcast page,
where you can also find the full archive of the podcasts we published
during 2008-9. We're also on iTunes - just search for "New Humanist" in
the store and select the podcast subtitled "The podcast for godless
people".